A critical companion to English Mappae mundi of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries /

"Mappae mundi (maps of the world), beautiful objects in themselves, offer huge insights into how medieval scholars conceived the world and their place within it. They are a fusion of "real" geographical locations with fantasical, geographic, historical, legendary and theological mater...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Terkla, Dan (Editor), Millea, Nick (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge [UK] : The Boydell Press, 2019
Series:Boydell studies in medieval art and architecture.
Subjects:
To 1500
World maps > History.
Cartography > England > History > To 1500.
World maps > Early works to 1800.
Cartes du monde > Histoire.
Cartographie > Angleterre > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
Cartography.
Intellectual life.
World maps.
England > Intellectual life > 1066-1485.
Angleterre > Vie intellectuelle > 1066-1485.
England.
Early works.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Making manuscripts and Mappae mundi / Michelle Brown
  • Books and maps: Anglo-Saxon Glastonbury and geospatial awareness / Daniel Terkla
  • Books and maps: Anglo-Norman Durham and geospatial awareness / Daniel Terkla
  • The Munich Map (c. 1130): description, meanings and uses / Nathalie Bouloux
  • The Sawley map (c. 1190) / Alfred Hiatt
  • The Vercelli map (c. 1217) / Asa Simon Mittman
  • In the company of Matthew Paris: mapping the world at St Albans Abbey / Daniel Connolly
  • The Psalter map (c.1262) / Chet Van Duzer
  • The Duchy of Cornwall map fragment (c. 1286) / Daniel Terkla
  • The Hereford map (c. 1300) / Marcia Kupfer
  • Digital mapping, spectral imaging and medieval Mappae Mundi / Helen Davies and Gregory Heyworth
  • Annotated bibliography (1987-2018) / Nick Millea

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